SEOUL — A prominent North Korean defector was tapped to head the presidential advisory council on unification, and an engineering professor was named the new science minister, the presidential office said Thursday. President Yoon Suk Yeol has tapped T...
S. Korea Slaps Sanctions on Hong Kong Shipping Firm, N. Korean Cargo Ship
SEOUL — South Korea has imposed independent sanctions on a Hong Kong shipping company and a North Korean cargo ship for engaging in the illegal transfer of North Korean coal in violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, Seoul's foreign min...
Funeral for Air Force Sexual Abuse Victim Held 3 Years After Death
SEOUL — The funeral for a sexual abuse victim, whose case caused public outrage over the military's mishandling, began Thursday, over three years after the noncommissioned officer took her own life. Lee Ye-ram, a then 23-year-old female master sergean...
PM ‘Not Concerned’ About Impact of Trump Reelection on S. Korea-U.S. Relations
SEOUL — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Thursday he is not concerned about the impact Donald Trump's potential reelection as U.S. president could have on South Korea-U.S. relations, given the American people's strong support for the alliance. Han mad...
N. Korea Resumes Sending Trash-Carrying Balloons into S. Korea: JCS
SEOUL — North Korea has again launched balloons presumed to be carrying trash toward South Korea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday. The JCS stated that the balloons appeared to be traveling toward the northern part of Gyeonggi Province th...
N. Korea Appears to Have ‘Significantly Increased’ Water Discharge from Border Dam: Ministry
SEOUL — North Korea appears to have "significantly increased" the amount of water discharged from the upstream of a dam near the inter-Korean border Thursday amid heavy rain, the environment ministry said. Satellite imagery taken at 3 a.m. showed that...
S. Korea’s Czech Nuclear Bid to Revitalize Domestic Industry: Minister
SEOUL — South Korea's recent win of a multimillion-dollar nuclear power project in the Czech Republic will rejuvenate the domestic nuclear industry, which has struggled under the previous administration's phase-out policy, the industry minister said T...
S. Korea, Canada Agree to Enhance Regional Security, Economic Cooperation
SEOUL — Top diplomats of South Korea and Canada held talks Thursday to discuss ways to expand cooperation in regional security, the economy, technology, and other areas, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his Canadian coun...
Hospitals Process Resignations of Nearly 7,700 Trainee Doctors
SEOUL — Local training hospitals have completed processing the resignations of nearly 7,700 trainee doctors who left their posts over the past five months to protest the medical school quota hike, the health ministry said Thursday. According to Yon...
Ex-Footballer Says National Federation Caused Its Own Problems
SEOUL — Former South Korea international Park Joo-ho, who recently faced a legal threat from the Korea Football Association (KFA) for his criticism, said Thursday there would have been no issues surrounding the national football federation if it had f...